Overview and Assessment of Approaches to Access Enforcement: An Update

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
  1. Terminology
  2. Purpose
  3. Method
  4. Overview
• Nature and Scope of Access Enforcement Problems
• Processes Relating to Access Enforcement
  1. Protecting the Best Interests of the Child
  2. Early Screening
  3. Preventive and Alternative Measures
• Canadian Access Enforcement Law
  1. Best Interests of the Child
  2. Early Screening
  3. Preventive and Alternative Measures
     1. Parental Education
     2. Mediation
     3. Supervised Access
  4. Remedies for Access Denial
     1. Justified vs Wrongful Access Denial
     2. Compensatory Access and Compensation for Expenses
     3. Apprehension Orders
     4. Contempt Proceedings
     5. Suspension of Child Support and Variation of Custody
  5. Remedies for Abduction
     1. Notice of a Proposed Move
     2. Orders of Return
     3. Criminal Charges
  6. Enforcement of Foreign Access Orders
  7. Enforcement against the Non-custodial Parent
• Canadian Access Enforcement Services
• Effective Access Enforcement Laws and Programs in other Countries
  1. Australia
  2. England and Wales
  3. United States
     1. Connecticut
     2. Michigan
• Conclusions
• Appendix A: Summary of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Statutes
  1. Best Interests of the Child
  2. Preventive and Alternative Measures
     1. Parental Education
     2. Mediation
     3. Supervised Access
  3. Remedies for Access Denial
     1. Justified vs Wrongful Access Denial
     2. Compensatory Access and Compensation for Expenses
     3. Apprehension Orders
     4. Contempt Proceedings
     5. Suspension of Child Support and Variation of Custody
  4. Remedies for Abduction
     1. Notice of a Proposed Move
     2. Orders of Return
     3. Criminal Charges
  5. Enforcement of Foreign Access Orders
  6. Enforcement against the Non-custodial Parent
• Bibliography
• Table of Statutes
• Table of Cases
• List of Contacts

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